FRV Clupea 0784C
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FRV Clupea (74CU) |
| Cruise identifier | 0784C |
| Cruise period | 1984-06-19 — 1984-06-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Buckie, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Stornoway, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To determine catch rates, also composition and maturity of Nephrops in small and standard mesh trawls, in the Moray Firth and North Minch.
2. To determine catch rates and composition of fish by-catches in these areas. 3. To study growth of Nephrops in different parts of the Moray Firth and North Minch. 4. To obtain mud samples for particle size, shear stress, organic carbon and faunal analysis. |
| Chief scientist | F Godfrey Howard (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland Aberdeen Marine Laboratory) |
| Cruise report |  (0.09 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland |
| Specific | Moray Firth/ N. Minch |
| Track charts | (0.03 MB) |
| Measurements | |
| Chemical oceanography | |
| Radioactivity | Description: water samples taken for radio-caesium analysis |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Crustaceans | Quantity: number of stations = 12 Description: Nephrops survey. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of stations = 2 Description: sediment samples taken for particle size and organic carbon analysis. |
